Property Management Blog

By Tim Harstead - Thursday, August 8, 2019

What's a House Hack

House hacking is an investor term for buying an investment property that you live in while you either rehab it or while renting out the other units in a multi-unit building while gaining enough equity to refinance and buy another property.Whether you are looking to start an inves...

Staying Fair Housing-compliant when it comes to criminal convictions

Can declining criminals in your Chicagoland apartments make you a criminal?Screening potential tenants is one of the most important jobs of a landlord and property manager. If you let someone in who doesn’t pay, not only are you losing income for the months they don’t...

Charging a Move-in Fee vs Security Deposit in Chicago

Are security deposits not making you feel secure anymore? The city of Chicago has never been confused as a landlord-friendly city, and lately they have been enforcing our local laws on security deposits very strictly. This means if you are not taking care of all of your paperwork...